Yankees Third Baseman Miguel Andujar Out for the Season
Miguel Andujar's season is over. The Yankees third baseman will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, after trying to comeback from the injury earlier this year.
Since coming off the Injured List on May 3, Andujar struggled, going 3-for-34 and watching his batting average plummet to .128 with no homers and one RBI. He was a shell of the man the Yankees saw last year win AL Rookie of the Year honors.
While the news is sobering, it is certainly not the end of the line here for the Yankees. New York has moved on nicely without Andjuar even before this news ever dropped. Rookie Gio Urshela has lit things up at third base, hitting .341 while driving in 17. The 27-year old Urshela even went 2-for-8 with 2 RBI in the Yankees double-header sweep of the Orioles on Wednesday.
At the very least the news assures the Yankees won't have to wonder what to do with Urshela if Andujar were healthy. Urshela will keep playing third base as long as he hits, and the acquisition of veteran Kendrys Morales is a nice insurance policy until some of the Yankees other walking wounded stars come back.
Since coming off the Injured List on May 3, Andujar struggled, going 3-for-34 and watching his batting average plummet to .128 with no homers and one RBI. He was a shell of the man the Yankees saw last year win AL Rookie of the Year honors.
While the news is sobering, it is certainly not the end of the line here for the Yankees. New York has moved on nicely without Andjuar even before this news ever dropped. Rookie Gio Urshela has lit things up at third base, hitting .341 while driving in 17. The 27-year old Urshela even went 2-for-8 with 2 RBI in the Yankees double-header sweep of the Orioles on Wednesday.
At the very least the news assures the Yankees won't have to wonder what to do with Urshela if Andujar were healthy. Urshela will keep playing third base as long as he hits, and the acquisition of veteran Kendrys Morales is a nice insurance policy until some of the Yankees other walking wounded stars come back.
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